{"record":{"id":"ef32daf340100d0f","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"error-reading-kubeconfig-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error reading kubeconfig: %v","messagePattern":"error reading kubeconfig: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pkg/kubeconfig/kubecfg_builder.go","lineNumber":85,"sourceCode":"\tdelete(config.Contexts, b.Context)\n\n\tif config.CurrentContext == b.Context {\n\t\tconfig.CurrentContext = \"\"\n\t}\n\n\tif err := clientcmd.ModifyConfig(configAccess, *config, false); err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error writing kubeconfig: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tfmt.Printf(\"Deleted kubectl config for %s\\n\", b.Context)\n\treturn nil\n}\n\n// Write out a new kubeconfig\nfunc (b *KubeconfigBuilder) WriteKubecfg(configAccess clientcmd.ConfigAccess) error {\n\tconfig, err := configAccess.GetStartingConfig()\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error reading kubeconfig: %v\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tif config == nil {\n\t\tconfig = &clientcmdapi.Config{}\n\t}\n\n\t{\n\t\tcluster := config.Clusters[b.Context]\n\t\tif cluster == nil {\n\t\t\tcluster = clientcmdapi.NewCluster()\n\t\t}\n\t\tcluster.Server = b.Server\n\t\tcluster.TLSServerName = b.TLSServerName\n\t\tcluster.CertificateAuthorityData = b.CACerts\n\n\t\tif config.Clusters == nil {\n\t\t\tconfig.Clusters = make(map[string]*clientcmdapi.Cluster)\n\t\t}","sourceCodeStart":67,"sourceCodeEnd":103,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/pkg/kubeconfig/kubecfg_builder.go#L67-L103","documentation":"Reading the existing kubeconfig via GetStartingConfig failed while writing a new one; a parse or I/O error on the current kubeconfig file prevents merging the new context into it.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at pkg/kubeconfig/kubecfg_builder.go:85 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Fix or regenerate the existing kubeconfig","Check file permissions","Remove the corrupt kubeconfig so it can be recreated"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T07:17:12.445Z"}